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I don't see how this makes economic sense. Their football value is already monetized at a fairly high value and as noted above unless you invite the rest of the P5, plus another 25-35 others, the numbers don't make sense for March Madness.What may happen instead is that the elite FB teams from the P5, such as Clemson, may move to form some kind of a large national super-conference. Money involved make exit fees a moot point. That will free up space in their old conferences, such as the ACC. If that happens, schools like UConn, may be able to join. As long as we do not mess things up like last time.
I think he meant for football only. March Madness needs the Cinderella element to work, football does not. Honestly football could just be 30 schools as D1 and that’s enough.I don't see how this makes economic sense. Their football value is already monetized at a fairly high value and as noted above unless you invite the rest of the P5, plus another 25-35 others, the numbers don't make sense for March Madness.
Aren't they already separate for football for all practical purposes?I think he meant for football only. March Madness needs the Cinderella element to work, football does not. Honestly football could just be 30 schools as D1 and that’s enough.
College football does not work with only 30 schools or 65 schools. Why? Who would follow a football program that never has winning seasons and in many cases winless seasons. College football teams need some winnable games and that is where the G5 and FCS teams come into play. Remember, this is not pro football where there is a player draft based on the previous season performance.I think he meant for football only. March Madness needs the Cinderella element to work, football does not. Honestly football could just be 30 schools as D1 and that’s enough.
Eh, there’s already a monopoly on talent by 10-15 big time programs. NCAA will likely approve paying players to some degree so there might be some kind of “salary cap” which may actually even the playing field for these hypothetical 30 teams.College football does not work with only 30 schools or 65 schools. Why? Who would follow a football program that never has winning seasons and in many cases winless seasons. College football teams need some winnable games and that is where the G5 and FCS teams come into play. Remember, this is not pro football where there is a player draft based on the previous season performance.
Eh, there’s already a monopoly on talent by 10-15 big time programs. NCAA will likely approve paying players to some degree so there might be some kind of “salary cap” which may actually even the playing field for these hypothetical 30 teams.
In my opinion, the fall off from top 10 to 11-25 is way too big. UCF and UH broke the G5 stigma years back but I don’t see that happening again. I just think that if 30 current P5 schools could create 2 super-conferences and monopolize the CFB revenue they wouldn’t think twice about dumping the dregs.That's not really true as witnessed by the AAC having 4 top 25 teams at the end of last year. Football is one sport where there is a heck of a lot of talent, and the game involves so many guys it's not easy to dominate. It's gotten even more balanced with the transfer portal. The money that kids will likely get from college stipends is likely to be dwarfed by pro money. Thus, it's going to continue to be about playing time. Ultimately i believe as someone said above you have to have at least 100 top division teams.
I think he meant for football only. March Madness needs the Cinderella element to work, football does not. Honestly football could just be 30 schools as D1 and that’s enough.
In this scenario essentially all current P5 schools would be in the tournament (if it’s a 64 team bracket). Rendering a regular season completely useless. I just can’t see it.Completely disagree. MM is based on gambling, ie brackets. A no name school winning is certainly interesting. Having a Northwestern as the 16 seed serves mostly the same purpose.
The only thing holding it back are the stability of the TV contract and anti-trust laws.
If Amazon wants to pay the P5 schools to hold their own tournament, plus independents, then they will breakaway. The NIT used to be prestigious and now teams consider declining bids.
The P5 will drop the Big East in a minute if it suits them to do so, just as they did before.
It won't happen on its own. There needs to be an outside trigger such as schools dropping sports for financial reasons.
Where are you getting this stat from? It seems wrong, but you are usually pretty good about sourcing your comments.Last season there were 111 televised games in regulat season that drew 2 million viewers or more. That is why football is worth more to the media.
To play for a championship, 50% of the recruits in the last four classes must be 5 and 4 stars...just a fact based on empirical data.
Every Champion since internet recruit class rankings have been published, has met that criteria.
Last season all four CFP teams met that mark ......and 11 of the top 15.
The big boys will get their stars and championships....the others will compete for the top of the 1st quartile...the chance to finish ranked.